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Optical Communications Acronym Guide
Select from the following:
ADSL(2) | Asynchronous Digital Subscriber Line (Second Generation) |
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AGC | Automatic Gain Control |
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AM | Amplitude Modulation |
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AN | Access Node |
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ANSI | American National Standards Institution |
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APC | Adaptive Predictive Coding |
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APC | Angled Physical Contact |
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APC | Automatic Power Control |
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APCN | Asia Pacific Cable Network |
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APD | Avalanche Photodiode |
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API | Application Programming Interface |
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APON | ATM Passive Optical Network |
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APPI | Advanced Peer-to-Peer Internetworking |
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APPN | Advanced Peer-to-Peer Networking |
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ARPANET | Advanced Research Projects Agency Network |
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ASCII | American Standard Code for Information Interchange |
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ASIC | Application-Specific Integrated Circuit |
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ASP | Application Service Provider |
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ASSP | Application-Specific Standard Product |
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ASTM | American Society of Test and Measurement |
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ATA | Advanced Technology Attachment |
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ATDM | Asynchronous Time-Division Multiplexing |
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ATIS | Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions |
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ATM | Asynchronous Transfer Mode |
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ATU | ADSL Transceiver Unit |
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ATU-C | ADSL Transceiver Unit-Central Office |
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ATU-R | ADSL Transceiver Unit-Remote |
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AVVID | Architecture for Voice, Video and Integrated Data |
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AWG | America Wire Gauge |
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AWG | Arrayed Waveguide Grating |
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